I’m a bitter-ender. It’s potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to...

It’s like the riddle of the Sphinx… why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men?

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

I’m less Pollyanna now. That’s probably healthy.

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your...

I’m very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I’m worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain...

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men.

I just wasn’t one of those girls who dreamt of her wedding day and the birth of her first child.

If you have a child, you’re improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies.

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it’s considered romantic. When women do it, it’s often considered desperate or psycho.

I believe in God, but in my own unconventional way. We’re not affiliated with any organisation, and I have no religious education of any kind, but I definitely have my own kind of ideas about...

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It’s like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I’m very lucky.

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?

My son doesn’t know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that’s so incredible to be around.

I tell my friends married life is boring, but that’s just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better.

If you’re in a series, you can’t quit, you can’t work in the theatre and you can’t do a movie when you like.

Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be.

I don’t believe in email. I’m an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up.